Echocardiography

FOCUS

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound (FOCUS)


  • Emergency ultrasound of the heart = echocardiography
  • Point-of-care echo
  • Initially for effusion
  • Use has expanded
    • Left ventricular function
    • Right ventricular strain
    • Aortic pathology
    • Inferior vena cava
    • Gross valvular pathology

Narration

? v:4 | onAr:0 | onPs:2 | tLb:4 | tLbJs:0
uStat: False | db:0 | shouldInvoke:True | pu:False | em: | i: 0 | p: 45402 | pv:1 | refreshTime: 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM | now: 2/22/2025 5:52:08 AM | c: United States



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